Out of commission since last October, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre fully intends on making a full recovery and competing in 2012.
The champion hopes to make a return by November, where the UFC will host UFC 154 in St-Pierre’s hometown of Montreal, Quebec.
St-Pierre spoke with Sherdog.com about his progress and gave an update on the status of his injury.
“I already feel better. More knowledge. I already know a lot of stuff and I will be back stronger,” St-Pierre said. “I’m going to come back better than I was.”
The French-Canadian has been sidelined with an ACL injury that forced him out of his UFC 137 bout with Nick Diaz. Since then, St-Pierre has been working diligently in his rehab to return as quickly as he can.
Should he be able to make a full recovery, St-Pierre will be set to make his seventh title defense against Carlos Condit. Condit defeated Diaz at UFC 143 to win the UFC interim welterweight title and is unofficially slated to meet the champion later this year.
St-Pierre had his sights set on facing Diaz, but he said he wants to prove he is the best 170-pound fighter in the world by facing whoever is put in front of him.
“For me, it’s great honor to fight Carlos Condit. And what makes him so good is he is a very smart guy. He is very athletic, but he is a very smart, very skilled and that’s why he is so good,” he said. “I wanted to fight Nick Diaz in the first place, but the thing is I want to be the best in the world and right now the best is Carlos Condit.”
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